Telecommunications networks and services in Estonia. Lessons to other European countries (original) (raw)

Telecommunications liberalization in the Nordic countries

Telecommunications Policy, 1993

The Nordic countries offer nn interesting laboratory in which to look at the cffcct of diffcrcnt orgnnizntional structures on pcrformancc and technical change. They ;\rc unique to the cxtcnt that, given the small-country effect, some of the issues which ciln hc ohscrvcd in other countries do not tilkc plitcc. For example, since the national markets arc too smilll. cyuipmcnt providers ilre usuitlly looking much more $t the intcrn;ltion;ll market ;Ind ilrc thcrcforc ICSS intcrcstcd in closing off the domestic milrkct iIs their home hitsc. In sonic countries (Norway, Denmark) the manufircturing base is ruther weak in any CXX. Political intcrfercncc as it conscqucnce is also quite low, except perhaps in Norway. This hiIs led to a f;lirly pragmatic, businesslike approach to providing telecommunication services. The result hiIs been very efficient service provision with high network pcnctration, relatively low charges by European standards (except for Norway) and B very innovative trilck record with regard to new services, espcciillly mobile services.

Competition in the telecommunications infrastructure: Implications for the peripheral regions and small countries in Europe

Telecommunications Policy, 1995

Recent technological, economic and policy shifts have placed the issues surrounding future communications infrastructure development and competition at the centre of European debates in the mid-1990s. This article examines how realistic, viable or universal is the vision of competing, alternative teiecommunications infrastructures and facilities, especially in the case of the smaller and less developed economies/ regtons. This article critically assesses the challenges posed by, and implications of, competition in the telecommunications infrastructures in the less favoured regions and smaller economies of Europe.

Literature Review: Communication Infrastructure and Wireless Communication in Estonia

2003

Telecommunications is one of the fastest growing markets in Estonia. Of the three Baltic States, research has shown that Estonia, while the smallest, has made by far the most successful foray into the wireless communication arena. Economic and public policy within the former Soviet Union had left Balkan communication infrastructure in disarray, and liberalization of the Estonian telecom sector was necessary for the country's bid for EU membership. This paper will discuss the literature addressing Estonia's leap into twenty-first century communication technology, with its savvy bypass of obsolete communication infrastructure paradigms inherited from the former Soviet Union.

Europeanisation and Globalisation: A Stepwise Comparison of Telecommunications and Energy in Estonia and Poland, 1990-2011

L'Europe en Formation, 2012

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